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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Errors in "Did you know ..."

Current DYK

• Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)

  The hook says: ... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schoenberg's Op. 1 was met with hostile audience reactions? (Template:Did you know nominations/Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg))

  I don't know English enough to tell if, when not giving the name of a piece but only the opus number, it should be "Opus", not "Op.". I'd prefer if we'd give the full name and not pipe, which leaves an Easter egg to op. 1. A minimum decency perhaps to the master work by a composer whose anniversary of birth we remember this year. A bit of historical correctness could be achieved if his name was given as it was at the time of this composition, "Schönberg". (Please read the article (and listen perhaps) to understand that he didn't change to Schoenberg until decades later, and that "songs" describes the work poorly.)

  ALT1: ... that the first public performance of the two songs of Arnold Schönberg's Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1, was met with hostile audience reactions? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:29, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Next DYK

• ... that Billie Eilish first served "Lunch" during a private party at Coachella?

Never mind the cringeworthy cutiness of the wordplay, but what was "private" about her DJ set on a festival? The sources don't seem to indicate that it was backstage or invitation-only or some such? Fram (talk) 10:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Errors in "On this day"

Today's OTD

Why even bother with "Republic Day" in Ghana and "Independence Day" in Rwanda if there are no articles for those actual holidays? It seems to violate WP:ASTONISH. Also, per MOS:OVERLINK, countries shouldn't be linked. The Main Page is supposed to be a showcase of the best Wikipedia has to offer, not something that looks like somebody was scouring the archives looking for something, anything, to post on their blog. Abductive (reasoning) 01:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Hm. For Ghana, we could point to 1960 Ghanaian constitutional referendum, but that article is much below par. And for Rwanda, we could point to Public holidays in Rwanda, but that's also nowhere near good enough. I'll nuke those two items; sing out if you disagree. Schwede66 04:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Errors in the summary of the featured list

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Errors in the summary of the featured picture

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